Float for fishlines



y B NOV. 1, J. Q WHn-COM FLOAT FOR FISHLINES Filed Sept. 17, 1951 EN nh.\ v a .NQNMW Patented Nov. 1, :1932i JOSEPH o. WHITcoMB, oFrnIiTcE'roN. MINNESOTA Application led September 17, 1931. Serial No.563,436.

This invention relates to floats for fishing lines and has for itsobject the provision of means whereby the line may be wound upon theiioat in such a manner that it will automatically unwind therefrom whenthe line and float are thrown to the water prior to fishing. A furtherobject of the invention is to provide means whereby'the oat may be setso that the line will be unwound to a predetermined length. Theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and will behereinafter fully described and particularly defined. v

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Figure l is an elevation, partly broken away and in section, of a floatconstructed in accordance with my invention and as it appears in use,

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the line wound upon the float prior tocasting,

' Fig. 3 is a detail section on the line 8 3 of Fi 'he body l of thefloat is preferably of circular cross section and tapered toward bothends and may be of any preferred buoyant material. It is preferably ofwood and painted with encircling bands of contrasting colors, asindicated at 2 and 3, so that it may be easily seen when upon thesurface of the water. One end of the float has secured therein an eye orguide 4 through which the line 5 passes to the hook 6 and sinker 7 andfrom said eye the line is carried along the body of the Hoat to andthrough a ring 8 which is fitted slidably upon the body but infrictional engagement therewith so that Vit 'will remain at any desiredpoint in the length of the body where it may be set. As shown v in thedrawing7 this ring 8 may well be a spiral coil having several turns sothat it will resiliently grasp the body and thereby firmly retain itsposition thereon, and rit will be noted that the line is passed betweenthe body and a coil of the ring so that it will be firmly held 'i to thebody and the length of the line, be-

guiding eye 4, will tween the ring and thev Near the end of be heldclose to the float.

the body, more remote from the eye 4, there is secured therein one end 9of a reel 10 consisting 0f a strand of wire extending lonbody,

5 may be'passed so as to be more eflectually .held 1n proper positionupon the body.

`-VVhen the device is'not in use, the fishl line 1s wrapped'about'thereel 10, as shown in Fig.

2, the hook-carrying portion of the line being bent about the 1oop12 andgiven afewturns about the body so that the sinker 7 and the `hook 6 willbe held close to the body. When the device is to be used, the float iscast out upon the water and the weight of the-sinker jwillcause the sameto fall at once to the underside of the float, as shown in Fig. 2,whereupon the float will be caused to rotate about its own longitudinalaxis so that the reel will be on the underside of the same, as shown inFig. l. The weight of the sinker will then cause the several turns ofthe line to unwrap from the'reel l0 and permitV the lin-e to fallvertically from the guide 4. The float will remain upon the surface ofthe water and by its position will indicate to the fisherman when a biteis had.

My device is exceedingly simple in construction and provides meanswhereby the fish line may be easily wrapped uponthe float andautomatically unwrapped therefrom when cast to the water, Vand byshifting the holding ring 8 along the body of the float, the extent towhich the line will unwind 2. A float for fishing lines comprising abuoyant body, and a'reel consisting of a longitudinally extending strandhaving its ends fitted in the body and presenting projections at itsends about which the line may be wound.

3. A oat for fishing lines comprising a buoyant body, a line guide atone end of the body, and a reel consisting of a strand eX- tendinglongitudinally of the body between the ends thereof and having one endanchored in the body and its other end passing through the body andproviding a guide at the opposite side of the body, the line being heldto the body between the ends of the same and passing through the guideat the end of the body and then about the guide at the end of the reeland then across the body `and wound upon the reel.

4. A float for ish lines consisting of a buoyant body, a line guide atone end of the body, a line-retaining ring slidably mounted upon thebody between the ends thereof and ricti'onally holding the line to thebody, a reel secured to and extending longitudinally of the body, aprojection on the float at the side vopposite the reel between the lineguide and the retaining ring, the line being passed from the retainingring through the eye at the end of the body and then back about theprojection on the side of the body and then wrapped upon the reel.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature.

JGSEPH C. VHITCOMB. [11. s]

